CMA CGM Group and Plastic Flamingo (PLAF) have announced the renewal of their partnership to mitigate plastic pollution in the Philippines.
The two sides renewed a three-year partnership to collect and upcycle 600 metric tons of plastic waste from the streets, coastlines and the heavily plastic polluted River Pasig in Metro Manila.
This marks an annual plastic collection of 200 metric tons, up from 120 metric tons that the CMA CGM-PLAF partnership blocked from leaking into the ocean in the past year.
The two parties launched their partnership in 2021 to fight plastic pollution in the Philippines, where single-use plastics is a major source of ocean pollution.
According to a statement, the renewed partnership adds resources to PLAF’s capacity to collect and upcycle riverine plastics which require more rigorous cleaning and handling to separate them from marine debris before the upcycling process.
With this, riverine plastics join the hard-to-recycle plastic sachets on the CMA CGM-funded recycling line to be transformed into eco-planks and boards among others. As PLAF markets these products that are used to build shelters, boardwalks and furniture, the social enterprise is widening its product range to stimulate market demand for recycled plastic products; and enhance the circular plastic economy.
Employees of CMA CGM and its subsidiary CEVA Logistics based in Metro Manila are also contributing their used plastics at their offices and warehouses where the PLAF regularly picks them up to its upcycling factory, according to the statement.
In the fight against plastic pollution, the CMA CGM Group has already announced its decision to not transport plastic waste on any of its vessels.
